_REVISION - M1981302 ‎(83)‎

• Permit No: M1981302
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Name: WESTERN MOBILE DEEPE FARM PIT AMENDMENT 2
• Type & Sequence: TR6
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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WESTERN MOBILE - DEEPE FARM PIT - AMENDMENT 02
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HEARING STATEMENT BY RUTH BLACKMORE
ADDRESS: 705 S 41ST STREET, BOULDER, CO 80303
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I ask for the following actions:
1 . Postpone this hearing until floodplain studies are complete on
South Boulder Creek
2 . Don't accept the amendment to the reclamation plan
3 . Don't accept the berm as part of the reclamation plan
4. Ask mining operator to apply to come out of the floodplain and
hold proper hearings
5 . Let the reclamation plan be based on the master floodplain
studies and the historic floodplain.
STATEMENTS:
I . Discussion of the Historic Floodplain. (See Exhibits 1, 2, 7, 8 )
I would like to compare historic and legal maps prior to mining
with those made during mining with a berm.
Exhibit 7 and 8 show for historic purposes the 1968 Wright-
McLaughlin study indicating the 100 year floodplain and its
probable limits. Shows width of creek and that it doesn't go into
the neighborhoods. (Indicate where neighborhoods are on map. )
These maps are for historic purposes compatible with the 1979 legal
FEMA floodplain map (Exhibit 1) . This map was done prior to
mining. Shows width of creek and that it doesn't go into the
neighborhoods.
By looking at the 1979 map, you can see that prior to mining that
there was no indication that the neighborhoods were in the
floodplain.
The 1988 legal FEMA map (Exhibit 2) was done during mining and
after construction of the berm. You can see how the shape of South
Boulder Creek changed and how the flows now go around the left of
the berm and toward the neighborhoods.
By looking at the 1988 map, you see that the mining operator is out
of the floodplain and the neighborhoods are poised to receive flood
waters. The study was not complete in that it was limited as to
not map the neighborhoods. The map indicates that they limited
the details of the study.
When the 1968 and 1979 studies were done the road (Highway 36 ) was
already in place and there weren't any crash barriers. When the
1988 map was compiled, there still weren't any crash barriers in
place. Therefore, all road conditions were the same and the only